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I am letting Maven copy some dependency files into a specific location for a GWT project. The maven-dependency-plugin does the job and so far it works. The only

Answer 1

I solved by setting the plugin phase to prepare-package. I know it's still a workaround, but I think it's cleaner than compile externally.

        [...]
        
            maven-dependency-plugin
            
                
                    prepare-package
                    
                        copy-dependencies
                    
                    
                        [YOUR_CONFIGURATION]
                    
                
            
        
        [...]
    

EDIT:

This is not fully solving: sometimes it works, other times not.

The final solution is to use the Lifecycle Mapping Maven Dummy Plugin through an eclipse-only maven profile:

 
     only-eclipse
     
        
         m2e.version
        
     
     
      
       
         
            org.eclipse.m2e
            lifecycle-mapping
            1.0.0
            
                
                    
                        
                            
                               org.apache.maven.plugins
                               maven-dependency-plugin
                               ${maven-dependency-plugin.version}
                               
                                   copy-dependencies